Overview

You're watching VisiHow. This is a video tutorial series on how to play a trombone.

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Tako, a student of the Tbilisi State Conservatory, will be demonstrating abilities, expressions, and techniques for the trombone

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She will show us, teach us, and play for us a legato, a staccato, a marcato, dynamics like a crescendo or a decrescendo, a forzando, a piano, and a forte. She will show us how to buzz with the embouchure and how to use the mouthpiece to get a good sound out of the trombone. The tutorial is split into two sets of videos:

This has been a video tutorial on different components of the trombone. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the anatomy of the trombone, please leave them in the space provided below.

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Make sure that the instrument is in good condition and that it is in your price range

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There are different brands: Yamaha, Bach, etc., that you can purchase that have a good-quality sound. Also, when selecting a mouthpiece (Mundstück), you have to know how to buzz to create a good sound. The mouthpiece is very important; so, if you do not know which one to select, choose the one that your teacher has recommended for you.

This has been a video tutorial on how to select a trombone when buying or renting it. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about buying or renting a trombone, please leave them in the space provided below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

This has been a video tutorial on how to hold the trombone. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about holding the trombone, please leave them in the space provided below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

This has been a video tutorial on how to buzz through the trombone mouthpiece. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about buzzing through the trombone mouthpiece, please leave them in the space provided below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

This has been a video tutorial on how to produce a good-quality sound on the trombone. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about producing a good tone, please leave them in the space provided below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

This has been a video tutorial on how to buzz with your lips to play the trombone. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about buzzing your lips in order to play the trombone, please leave them in the space provided below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

This has been a video tutorial on how to play the Bb chromatic scale on the trombone. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about playing the Bb chromatic scale on the trombone, please leave them in the space provided below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

Video: Play the Trombone Playing the Bb Chromatic Scale

Practicing Daily Drills

This is a video tutorial on how to practice daily drill exercises on the trombone.

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It is imperative to practice the trombone daily

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as it is a brass instrument that requires physical endurance to build up a better performance. In these exercises, let us practice a legato and a staccato. In each phrase, let us add an additional note.

If you are sitting down, keep your back straight while playing the trombone. You can diversify morning drills with double-tonging and even triple-tonging the trombone as well as with different legatos and other types of expressions.

This has bee a video tutorial on how to practice daily drills on the trombone. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about practicing daily drills on the trombone, please leave them in the space below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

Video: Play the Trombone Practicing Daily Drills

Questions and Answers

Is there any full ebook to learn trombone from the beginning?

I love to play trombone but don't know where and how to start learning. I found some instructions but it is hard to understand. I have tried: I tried to play it with my friend instructions but he does not have much time for me. I think it was caused by: Maybe I am not talented on the music instruments